Data Event 30.0

Location:
The Science Gallery, Trinity College, Pearse Street, Dublin 2

Presenters:
Alessandro Ludovico (Italia)
Alessandro Ludovico, 1969, lives and works in Bari, Italy. He’s a media critic and editor in chief of Neural magazine from 1993, (Honorary Mention, Prix Ars Electronica 2004). He’s one of the founding contributors of the Nettime community and one of the founders of ‘Mag.Net (Electronic Cultural Publishers organization). He was also an advisor for the Documenta 12′s Magazine Project and he teaches at the Academy of Art in Carrara. Since 2005 with Ubermorgen and Paolo Cirio he has realized art projects such as ‘Google Will Eat Itself’ (Honorary Mention Prix Ars Electronica 2005, Rhizome Commission 2005, nomination Transmediale Award 2006) and ‘Amazon Noir’ (2nd prize Transmediale Award 2008).

Jaime Villarreal (Mexico)
Jaime Villarreal is an artist, technologist and researcher whose work explores the use of emerging technologies and electronic media as tools for creative expression. He works at the Centro Multimedia of the National Center for Arts of Mexico where he researches and develops creative applications of computer graphics programming and electronics. He is 1/2 of the electropunk/hardcore band “555vs666″ and 1/3 of the audiovisual performance group “rrr”. Jaime will be performing with his collaborators Sonida RRR live from Mexico City using networked electronic instruments. Dublin heads will also be taking part using instruments they’ve built in local workshops at NCAD and the Science Gallery.

Ivan Twohig (Ireland):
Ivan Twohig is an artist and student of the Ncad (2nd year MA, Art in the Digital World) His work operates at the convergence between fine art, architectural design and pop culture. He works across a range of media including electronic art, video, sculpture, installation, net art, drawing and text based work.

Ivan Twohig (Ireland):
Ivan Twohig is an artist and student

Alessandro Ludovico (Italia)
Present his work.

Alessandro Ludovico (Italia)
GWEI (Google Will Eat Itself)

Jaime Villarreal (Mexico)
Jaime Villarreal is an artist, technologist and researcher

April 29, 2008 | Filed Under Events | Leave a Comment

Data Event 29.0

Location:
Hop House, 160 Parnell St., Dublin 1

Presenters:
Dr. Sarah Cook
Dr. Sarah Cook is a curator of media art and co-founder of CRUMB, an international website and mailing list for media art curators (http://www.crumbweb.org). She also holds a post-doctoral research position at the University of Sunderland (Leverhulme Early Career fellowship 2006-2008), where she has been working with Professor BerylGraham; they have co-authored a book on curatorial practice and new media art, forthcoming from MIT Press. In 2008, Sarah will be an AHRC-funded Curatorial Fellow at EYEBEAM in New York. Sarah’s recent curatorial projects include “Broadcast Yourself” (http://databaseimaginary.banff.org) and “The Art Formerly Known As New Media” (also with Steve Dietz) to celebrate the 10th anniversary of new media art research at Banff. Sarah will talk about the background curatorial processes of these exhibitions, and the issues surrounding the installation and documentation of new media art.

Rob Costello
Robert Costello is a recent graduate of NCAD and performs live electronic music under the name Sounds of System Breakdown. For D.A.T.A. he will be talking about his practice including his new work ‘?XY?’ which is a synesthetic artwork that relates physical position to automatically generated audio. The participant can explore the effects created by musical parameters such as pitch, tone, harmony and phase by walking around the gallery space while wearing a set of headphones.

Alan Butler
Alan Butler is an artist living and working in Dublin. His work has been exhibited internationally and he has curated exhibitions for the Dublin Fringe Festival, Monster Truck Gallery and Studios and Temple Bar Gallery & Studios. For D.A.T.A he will be talking about his own art practice and various projects he has worked on. www.newmediaart.co.uk

K Bear Koss
Whether it is paintings or interactive sculptures, Koss’ body of work is influenced by, and comments upon, over a decade of research into physiological and psychological growth and development. Recent projects have focused on creating dialogue on the increasing intimacy between biological and technological systems. He has lectured at Vincennes University and DePauw University in the USA, and The National College of Art and Design in Dublin, and is currently the director of Moxie Studios in Dublin.